Technical Note: Poor Captive Portal Performance on...

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Article Id 189454

Description

Poor Captive Portal Performance on CentOS 7 Appliances

Scope
Version: Network Sentry 8 running CentOS 7
Solution

Version: Network Sentry 8 running CentOS 7

Issue: Bradford introduced a portal configuration in the CentOS 7 image that affects portal performance. All customers configured for BYOD and leveraging the Captive Portal are affected.

Symptoms include users accessing the Captive Portal experiencing very slow portal response, preventing users from registering.

Workaround: Contact Support to apply fix.

Solution: To be addressed in a future Network Sentry release.

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Technical Note: Poor Captive Portal Performance on CentOS 7 Appliances